Pre season for the 2019 Seniors Fantasy League is underway and you are now asked to submit your team(s) and pay your entry fee(s) of £5 per team.

All teams must be submitted before the fantasy season starts on February 25th 2019 (The Greensomes) so please use the next few weeks to study form and identify those in form or injured players. Teams submitted early may be changed without fee before February 25th but please note that you must obey the handicaps rules at the start so if any of your players have a handicap change before then you may have to change your team.​Please use e-mail where possible to submit your teams and send to: simon.d.hughes@sky.com . Otherwise text entries to 07767-278174 or ring 01277-220876 or give them to me.

I am of course always looking for stories about the league and its players so feel free to speak to me in confidence about anything that concerns you. My customer service promise means I will only share it with my readers if it is interesting or scandalous (and doesn’t involve me or those of you who have paid me for the silence insurance voucher – validity 48 hours).

Some rules have changed so please read them carefully (see below-they are underlined)

Simon Hughes (Organiser)​

RULES

​1 The Competition runs from February 25th (Alf Haines Greensomes) to December 2nd (Turkey Trot). Any competition not played by December2nd will be excluded. The league includes all seniors’ competitions EXCEPT the Captain’s Drive In, the Yellow Peril the Senior Captain’s Putter, Guest Day, Ladies and Seniors days, and the Scratch senior championship result. (The knockout competitions are included with scores calculated from teams listed just before the draw)2 Entry fee is £5 per team (max 2 teams each) and entrants should pick 3 senior golfers as their team. If you have 2 teams you must always have 6 different players so no double ups.3 The 3 golfers must have a total handicap of 48 or more when selected.They retain that handicap whilst in your team. Newly signed players go in at their current handicap (check you still meet the 48 point total rule at that point).4 All players will start at their actual club handicap (see table) on February 25th but see limitation rules below. 5 Any team can only include 1 of the following 4 seniors who were last year’s top performers. They are Greg Burnham, Graham Robson, Dennis O’Neill, and Gordon Allen.(Note: If you think they have all peaked or are likely to go lame you don’t have to have any of them).6 NEW RULE. BONUSES. This year each team will receive a bonus at the end of April equal to the sum of the team handicaps minus 48 so if you pick a team of higher handicap players you will get a bigger bonus. If you make transfers before April 30th the total must be as least as high as your original team or the bonus is lost (I.e. bonus 0).7 AND, as an extra bonus, if you pick a player nobody else picks and keep them until April 30th you will get an extra 10 point bonus8 Points will be awarded as follows:

Golfer of the year / singles competitions: 10 points for 1st down to 1 point for 10th. Includes Bogey, Net championship, 3 clubs and putter

9 Extra points may be awarded in Poppy Day and 3 Clubs and a putter if there are also team competitions. 10 Each entrant can change players up to 5 times per team at a cost of £1 per player11 Entrants cannot select themselves12 A list of regular senior players with January 2019 handicaps is provided but an entrant can select any club player they wish13 The prize pot will be 50% of the money collected with the balance going to the senior captain’s charity. There will be 3 end of season prizes and interim prizes at various points of the season

And ....... the organiser reserves the right to add or change rules if he wishes and the right to mention you in the newsletter!

'...our ethos of fun, social golf with a healthy element of competition'